Building Community Talks ♥

The Confronting Extremism Program in the Office of Inclusive Excellence invites students, faculty, staff and community members to join in-person Building Community Talks on May 12, 2022.

WHAT: Building Community to Confront Extremism: Public TED Talks by Awardees
WHEN: 4 p.m.-6 p.m. on Thursday, May 12 Pacific time
WHERE: Pacific Ballroom D, UCI Student Center

What are the best strategies to build community amid extreme ideologies and behaviors that are far outside of the norms for verdant and democratic values? We inhabit a world where extremism co-exists with our aspirations for a better society. In this public forum, awardees from several Confronting Extremism project grants provide TED-style brief presentations about the key learning from their pilots and interventions to enhance community engagement, actions and support for social justice, diversity, and equity.

Host: Vice Chancellor Douglas Haynes, Office of Inclusive Excellence

Presenters:

Audra Eagle Yun, head of Special Collections & Archives, UCI Libraries
Socorro Cambero, School of Education
Ed E-Nunu, director of Soririty & Fraternity Life, Division of Student Affairs
Michele Bratcher Goodwin,Chancellor’s Professor of Law, School of Law
Joseph Jenkins, research associate, School of Education
Matthias Lehmann, professor and Teller Family Chair in Jewish History, Center for Jewish Studies
Eli Pascal, assistant director, UCI CARE
Constance Steinkuehler, professor, Department of Informatics, Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences
Naomi Sugie, associate professor, Department of Criminology, Law and Society, School of Social Ecology
Julie Youm, assistant dean of education, compliance and quality, UCI Health Affairs
Sean Young, professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine
Eli Pascal, assistant director, UCI CARE

Please read additional information about the Confronting Extremism Program at: https://inclusion.uci.edu/confronting-extremism/.ific